Obama And Global Intifada By Prof. Mazin Qumsiyeh 31 August, 2013 @ popular- resistance.blogspot.com It is not difficult to understand the power-game being played in Syria and no decent human being should stand on the sideline in a conflict that will shape the future of our humanity. The global intifada (uprising) is spreading and it is rejecting…

Former Bush administration official: Israel may be behind use of chemical arms in Syria Lawrence Wilkerson, former chief of staff to Secretary of State Colin Powell, says Israel may have conducted ‘false flag’ operation. Describes its government as inept and Netanyahu as ‘clueless.’ By Chemi Shalev May 4, 2013 Retired U.S. Army Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson,…

Edition 2: No. 76 State of Israel Charged for “Crime of Genocide and War Crimes”, Kuala Lumpur Tribunal “WHY is it that the murder of one man is considered a criminal act whereas the killing of hundreds of thousands of innocent people committed in wars is not considered so? (Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad, former Prime Minister…

Edition 2: No. 75 On the verge of a no-state solution -peace held hostage by Isreali settlers- Nicola Nasser, a veteran Arab journalist based in Birzeit, West Bank of the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories analyses the perils of the ongoing peace process. Describing the current situation as a ‘stalemate’, Nicola Nasser concludes that it is the…

Boycott oral history conference at Hebrew U Written by Campaign to boycott oral history conference Hebrew University as seen from the East Jerusalem village of Silwan (photo: wikimedia) We are a group of Palestinian, Israeli, and other oral historians and academics from Europe, South Africa, and North America calling on…

Edition 2: No. 74 The Left and political options in Palestine In this Q&A (See below article titled ““Revival of the Palestinian left: an outline” (see article below) AIC and OPGAI postulate some pertinent ideas which serious consideration not just for Palestine but for civil society in every part of the world.…

Edition 2: No. 73 Reasons for Palestinian/Israeli Futile Talks by Dr. Elias Akleh* One more time Palestinian and Israeli negotiating teams play the charade of peace talks under the auspices of the biased pro-Israel American broker. Everybody knows, even the politically naïve average man of the street, and especially the three involved parties that…

Edition 2: No. 72 Will the Palestinian-Israeli talks succumb to its pre-destined fate? Source: EAPPI The announcement of imminent talks between Palestinians and Israelis has hardly kindled optimism anywhere, notably among the Palestinians. It’s hard to imagine how anyone would chose optimism when the facts on the ground suggest deterioration and worse in the acknowledgement…

Egypt, preparing for a massacre? General Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Egypt’s deputy prime minister, defence minister, army commander-in-chief, and the person in control of the country’s post-coup interim government, Wednesday called on Egyptians to give him a mandate to confront ‘violence and…terrorism’. ‘This coming Friday, all honourable Egyptians must take to the street to give me a mandate,…

The bully-cum-rogue state Whistle blower Snowden had the right to expose an arrogant and intransigent US regime that chose to spy over the world and to expose US disregard for international law and elementary norms of political decency. The US will not allow him to seek exile – or accept exile when granted. Indeed, the…

Edition 2: No. 71 Nuclear Apartheid and Israel – the core obstruction to Peace Israel has nuclear weapons, estimated at as many as 400 of them. The fissile material for these weapons was mainly plutonium from a nuclear reactor supplied by France in the late 50s and situated at Dimona in the Negev Desert. It…

Syria as a Game-Changer: US Political Impotence in the Middle East By: Ramzy Baroud In an article published May 15, 2013, American historical social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein wrote, “Nothing illustrates more the limitations of Western power than the internal controversy its elites are having in public about what the United States in particular and western…

Edition 2: No. 70 Practicing deceit-preaching peace Rana Baker, 21, a recent graduate of Business Administration in Gaza who writes for the Electronic Intifada and Al Monitor in this strident article Two politicians show the farce of Europe’s concern for Palestine describes how European politicians come to Palestine thinking themselves saviours, and yet they aid…

Edition 2: No. 69 Barack Obama’s visit to South Africa and his praise for Nelson Mandela was blank as blank could be. He referred to Mandela as an ‘inspiration’ from his struggle against apartheid. Empty words from a US President Barack Obama who has so visibly played the status quo card on Palestine all through…

Editorial Comment The recent arrest of rebel fighters in Syria for the use of chemical weapons marks a serious and detrimental stride in the civil war. The West and Syria have previously traded allegations of a chemical weapon attacks. Observers have referred to the nightmare scenario that the use of such…

Edition 2: No. 68 Israel to Build 1,000 New Homes in East Jerusalem, 20 Palestinian Cars Attacked In annexed east Jerusalem, Israel is preparing to build more than 1,000 new settler homes. At the same time, Israeli police and witnesses said suspected Jewish extremists carried out a string of attacks against…

Edition 2: No. 67 Israel’ trauma care in Boston is sheer political PR! Alice Rothchild analyses a somewhat hypocritical and absurd Israeli attempt to whitewash its horrific human rights record in Palestine with a shallow intervention in Boston that provides trauma care for the victims of the Boston bombing. The Israeli adventure in Boston is…

Edition 2: No. 66 Gazans- Essential terrorists of a prejudiced media! In an article, Palestinian Narrative Silenced by Western Media, Malcolm Williams writes: Words are considered one of the most powerful items that give description to people, places, events and actions”. He points out how words are often the evidence of contemporary truth and how…

Why We Must Change the Narrative On Syria By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich* For some time now, the predominant narrative about Syria has been that the unrest has been fuelled in order to weaken Iran . This prevalent account is common to neoconservatives and liberals alike. While The New York Timestrumpeted Israeli-firsters Senators John McCain…

Edition 2: No. 65 Zionism and the United States Congress by William James Martin* The ideology, or political project, of Zionism which underlies the creation of the State of Israel had, in fact, a Christian origin rather than a Jewish one, as writings can be found dating from the 1500’s, written by Christian clergymen…